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Death : an oral history / [compiled by] Casey Jarman ; with illustrations by Brooke Weeber.

Jarman, M. Casey, (compiler.). Weeber, Brooke, (illustrator.).

Summary:

In this illuminating collection of oral-history style interviews, Casey Jarman talks to a funeral industry watchdog about the (often shady) history of the death trade; he hears how songwriter David Bazan lost his faith while trying to hold on to his family; he learns about cartoonist Art Spiegelman using his college LSD trips to explain death to his children; and he gets to know his own grandparents, posthumously.

Record details

ISBN: 9781942186120
ISBN: 1942186126
Physical Description: 351 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Pulp, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / by the author -- Jana DeCristofaro : grief services coordinator -- Katrina Spade : founder of the Urban Death Project -- Gabriel DePiero : twin brother -- Loren Rhoads : former editor, Morbid Curiosity -- David Bazan : songwriter -- Wende Jarman : barber, author's mother -- Anna Urquhart : social worker, author's friend -- Katherine MacLean : psychedelic scientist -- Holly Pruett : life-cycle celebrant -- John Lay : raconteur, author's uncle -- Josh Slocum : comsumer rights advocate -- Kim Stacey : freelance writer -- Simon Critchley : philosopher -- Andre Coberly : hospice volunteer -- Teressa Raiford : community organizer -- Art Spiegelman : cartoonist -- Zach Wilson : video game designer -- Frank Thompson : former death row warden.